Allana will be a junior at Xavier University of Louisiana in the fall. She is a reporting intern with The Advocate of New Orleans. Last summer, she interned with The Courier-Journal of Louisville, where she covered the funeral of Muhammad Ali. She is also a contributor to Louisiana Weekly and Xavier’s student newspaper, The Herald. She is the president of the university’s chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.

A neighbor of the rapper Biggie Smalls, top right, watched his funeral procession pass in 1997 as mourners lined the streets near the building on St. James Place where Biggie once lived.Mark Lennihan/Associated Press